The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-12-23
GENERAL WASHINGTON NEWS.


WAsuINGToN, DC. B-Apropos of the ar
archist agitation, Congressman Adams, of L.
linols, has form a bill, which he thu
< pia!ns in an interview:
The bill provides that any alien attempting
to overthrow the laws OF the United States,
or ircitc 10 domestic violence By advising
murder or unlawful dcstrrcti, m of life or
property shall be removed from the United
States. drafted a bill providing that the
president SHOULD order any alien committing
snch act to leave the country, and that any
alien refusing to obey should be punished by
trial in the United States curt. A bill was
so prcIarsd ny gentlemen with whom l coz
suited, and the result is substantially the bill
that ! have nov presented. I have nccudtea
q clause Furnishing those who have been ex.
peeled II they return to this country. Tacbill
does not propose to confer upon the president
any new power, for he altcsGy has the power
10 txpcl any alien from the county II he
thinks It is the public interest to do SC. He
can even arrest a person accused of crime
committed in another country and surrender
him to his former country without any ezra
dition treaty. The dresden. viii, not be cali
ed upon to act until he has himself investi
gated and become satisfied that the prorer
occasion exists for the exercise of this power
REVENUE CUSTOMS.
The plan devised by Assistant Secretary
Maynard. of the treasury department, ard
approved by Secretary Fat.chiii, ter the re-
dIctton of the expenses Of collecting custom
revenues, will be put into effect On January 1,
next. 1n speaking Of the .suLi .ct to-day,
Judge Maynard said:
There are nov ,39 collection districts in tire
United States. IN s:xsy-f,ur OF these the
revenues are much less than the EXPENSE.
For Instance, there are forty-four districts In
which, the rehabilitation do not ex a. COO
while the OK Expenditures aggregate S95,0 900. In
the other twenty o se!f-supporting districts
the collections are lie s than sa5. COO and the
expenditures amount to So. Goa. The OK
p ndi.urss of the iii .es will be reduced by
til5 OBS q year.. principally by d'smissale. and
also b. reductions of salaries IN several f.
stances. O.ders for these changes, to take
Effect with the beginning Of the new ;ear,
have already been issued.
RELIEF FOR pAYMAsTER BASH.
Bills have been Introduced IN both the cen.
ate and house for the relief OF United States
Paymaster Bssa. Of the army, who was rot
led OF s1S,3oU in government funds about q
year ago, while at Fort Mckinney. Wyoming.
After strenuous efforts, carried OUT during
the summer, the robber, ono Charles Parker,
was captured. and is now serving a term in
the Wyoming penitentiary. Apccr,iarf feature
of the case was that he was waylaid and rob.
bid Of the money which he himself bad st ,len
by two frontier dc%spcradoes, who represented
themselves IS United States msrshals, so
tsat, although the original criminal YVES cap.
tured. mi of the funds we're recovered.
Msj. Bash Is now OF duty awaiting orders
from the var department.
FOR LAND FRACDs.
The acting commissioner of the general land
ofice has been notified that the United States
grand jury at Prescott, Arizona, has indicted
John L. Cambridge and D.. Oscar Lincoln,
citizens of Prescott, for ps,jury and tuborrs-
ton Of perjury in making ard procuring lille.
gal entries OF public lsnds.
REVOKED.